De varietate fortunae
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De varietate fortunae is a 15th-century Latin prose work by humanist Poggio Bracciolini that reflects on the mutability of fortune through historical examples and moral commentary.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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humanist work ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| author | Poggio Bracciolini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
impermanence of earthly glory
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vicissitudes of political power ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
historical prose
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moral prose ⓘ |
| hasPart |
historical exempla
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moral commentary ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | humanist ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian moral thought
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Roman moral philosophy ⓘ classical historiography ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | educated humanist readers ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | didactic treatise ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Italian Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Fortune literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
moral reflection on worldly success
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mutability of fortune ⓘ rise and fall of states and individuals ⓘ |
| moralStance | critical of reliance on fortune ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
instability of worldly goods
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relationship between virtue and fortune ⓘ |
| subject |
ethical evaluation of historical events
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examples of political change ⓘ history of cities and peoples ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | 15th century ⓘ |
| usesDevice | historical exemplum ⓘ |
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